Doctor Rat

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  • This
  • World
  • Fantasy
  • Award
  • winner
  • in
  • the
  • vein
  • of
  • Animal
  • Farm
  • delves
  • into
  • a
  • lab
  • worthy
  • of
  • a
  • mad
  • Nazi
  • scientist—but
  • run
  • by
  • a
  • brilliantly
  • sadistic
  • rodent.In
  • the
  • annals
  • of
  • American
  • literature,
  • there
  • has
  • never
  • been
  • a
  • character
  • quite
  • like
  • Doctor
  • Rat,
  • PhD.
  • From
  • one
  • of
  • the
  • most
  • indispensable
  • storytellers
  • in
  • speculative
  • fiction,
  • this
  • biting
  • satire
  • introduces
  • a
  • narrator
  • of
  • learned
  • charm
  • and
  • humor,
  • and
  • a
  • twisted
  • logic
  • that
  • is
  • absolutely
  • chilling.Doctor
  • Rat
  • is
  • a
  • credit
  • to
  • his
  • species.
  • A
  • survivor
  • of
  • the
  • most
  • refined
  • scientific
  • experiments,
  • now
  • removed
  • from
  • the
  • maze,
  • he
  • has
  • become
  • a
  • valued
  • and
  • productive
  • member
  • of
  • the
  • academic
  • community.
  • When
  • he
  • must
  • administer
  • a
  • lethal
  • dose,
  • he
  • comforts
  • his
  • fellow
  • rats
  • with
  • his
  • compassionate
  • slogan:
  • “Death
  • is
  • freedom.”But
  • everything
  • changes
  • when
  • animals
  • worldwide
  • begin
  • to
  • rebel,
  • refusing
  • to
  • accept
  • their
  • proper
  • places
  • in
  • the
  • natural
  • order
  • of
  • things:
  • as
  • test
  • subjects,
  • pets,
  • or
  • food.
  • And
  • only
  • Doctor
  • Rat
  • has
  • the
  • courage
  • to
  • defend
  • mankind
  • from
  • the
  • ungrateful
  • animal
  • kingdom.Hailed
  • by
  • the
  • Los
  • Angeles
  • Times
  • as
  • “dazzlingly
  • original”
  • and
  • “occasionally
  • quite
  • beautiful,”
  • Doctor
  • Rat
  • is
  • a
  • sly
  • and
  • stylish
  • indictment
  • of
  • fanaticism
  • in
  • mice
  • and
  • men.“A
  • truly
  • imaginative
  • impresario
  • .
  • .
  • .
  • [Doctor
  • Rat]
  • teases
  • your
  • conscience
  • with
  • educated
  • wit
  • and
  • versatile
  • improvisation,
  • not
  • to
  • mention
  • the
  • casual
  • flick
  • of
  • the
  • tail
  • about
  • to
  • be
  • cut
  • off.”
  • —Kirkus Reviews
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